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 A new blog to contain answers to prompts |
Since my old blog "Everyday Canvas "  became overfilled, here's a new one. This new blog item will continue answering prompts, the same as the old one. Cool water cascading to low ground
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| Prompt:"At that moment, she felt that to be Mistress Of Pemberly might be something. " Jane Austen Write about Elizabeth in this quote today. ------------ Before I say anything about Elizabeth Bennett D'arcy, let me add that royalty and class systems turn me off, unless the royals act royally. Yet, they are also people, and I do feel for their lot in life. Still, I try to stay away from all that pomp and circumstance. I only read Pride and Prejudice once, a very long time ago, and I don't know anything much about Elizabeth after she became Mrs. D'arcy. I believe there is a sequel all about her, but I didn't read that; however, I like Jane Austen as an author for her style, storytelling, and courage to write about a shaky subject as class, and I also liked Elizabeth as a story character. After all, Elizabeth caught the much-sought-after Mr. D'arcy's attention because she was the prettiest among her sisters, or was that what D'arcy thought? Even so, he must have noticed Elizabeth's several admirable qualities, too. Elizabeth was clever to start with but had a sharp tongue, although she sounded brilliant when she spoke. As a person, she was straight forward and often rose above the nonsense of the royalty's bad behavior. She herself points to that fact with: “There are few people whom I really love, and still fewer of whom I think well. The more I see of the world, the more am I dissatisfied with it; and every day confirms my belief of the inconsistency of all human characters, and of the little dependence that can be placed on the appearance of merit or sense.” To her credit, though, she rose above her class-crazy, spiteful society that included her parents and her sisters. In fact, Elizabeth placed little value on money and social position. On the other hand, she also thought a bit highly of herself, which I don't know if that is good or bad because most of the time she could see through people. Except for D'arcy, at the beginning. Those were her mistaken impressions of him. But then, if she didn't make that mistake, how in the world would we have Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice! Still today, I can recall enjoying Elizabeth's prejudiced banter with him a lot. She was really fearless while insulting him, the man she loved, but didn't know yet that she loved him. “From the very beginning—from the first moment, I may almost say—of my acquaintance with you, your manners, impressing me with the fullest belief of your arrogance, your conceit, and your selfish distain of the feelings of others, were such as to form the groundwork of the disapprobation on which succeeding events have built so immovable a dislike; and I had not known you a month before I felt that you were the last man in the world on whom I could ever be prevailed on to marry.” To put it in a nutshell, I liked Elizabeth's character because she valued a human being's independence of character and their personal understanding of morality, and she wasn't swayed by all that glitter and ceremony surrounding her. |
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